HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 591 FILED ON: 1/9/2009
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1394
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Colleen M. Garry
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To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act creating the crime of criminal solicitation.
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PETITION OF:
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Name:
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District/Address:
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Colleen M. Garry
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36th Middlesex
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1454 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act creating the crime of criminal solicitation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 274 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2
004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following section:—
Section 8. Whoever, with the intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony, commands, incites, induces or exhorts a felony to be committed, wh
ether such felony is attempted or completed, shall be guilty of criminal solicitation and shall be punished as follows: First, by imprisonment in state prison for not more than ten years, if he solicits the commission of murder in the first degree or murd
er in the second degree.
Second, by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, if he solicits the commission of a crime punishable with imprisonment in the sta
te prison for five years or more.
Third, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, if he solicits the commission of a crime, punishable by imprisonment in the state
prison for less than five years or by imprisonment in a jail or ho
use of correction or by a fine.
